How did Piero Sraffa look at the future of economic theory: first, when he arrived in England in the mid-1920s, and then, after the publication of his extraordinarily compact little book (Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, 1960)? The Author sifts through Sraffa’s published works, and abundant unpublished papers,his acquaintances and personal contacts and vicissitudes. The conclusions he arrives at remain problematical; but do not refrain him from clearly expressing his specific, quite definite, views
Pasinetti, L. L., Piero Sraffa and the future of economics, <<CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS>>, 2012; 36 (6): 1303-1314. [doi:10.1093/cje/bes036] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/40367]
Piero Sraffa and the future of economics
Pasinetti, Luigi Lodovico
2012
Abstract
How did Piero Sraffa look at the future of economic theory: first, when he arrived in England in the mid-1920s, and then, after the publication of his extraordinarily compact little book (Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, 1960)? The Author sifts through Sraffa’s published works, and abundant unpublished papers,his acquaintances and personal contacts and vicissitudes. The conclusions he arrives at remain problematical; but do not refrain him from clearly expressing his specific, quite definite, viewsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.